Meaning of write off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero.
   transitive
2. To record (an expenditure) as an expense.
   transitive
3. To remove a portion of a debt or an amount of an account owed, counting it as a loss (as a gesture of goodwill for example).
   transitive
4. To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.
5. To treat as a write-off, a total loss, especially something damaged beyond economic repair.
6. To assign a low value to (somebody or something).
   figuratively, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“The '800' received substantial collision damage⟳, while the High Speed⟳ Train⟳ power car was written off.”

“When Katya was injured, he wrote off the team's chances in the finals.”

“Hey, don't write⟳ yourself off yet / It's only in your head, you feel⟳ left out”

“They have⟳ shown their staying power before and it would be daft to write⟳ them off but it must be disturbing, nonetheless, for Mourinho that his team are five points behind already and locked in a game of catch-up against the side that has just subjected them to a rare, old-fashioned beating.”

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